Centennial Timeline T-Shirt

Celebrate the Berkeley Centennial with a t shirt that highlights some of the key moments of the last 50 years of Berkeley History!

Title on top: Berkeley Through the Years

1973-77 Mayor Pottle

1974 Golden Jubilee Celebration and Time Capsule Burial & Oats to Roses by Rosemarie Johnson is Published

1977-81 Mayor David

1977 BYBA Hosts Chicago Beepers to a Beeper Ball Game

1979 First Berkeley Picnic at Berkeley Park

1981-93 Mayor Ermish

Feb 2, 1982 The Lund Family was the First to Connect to Continental Cablevision

Nov 1986- Neighborhood Watch Program is Formed

1986 Old Berkeley Water Tower Comes Down

July 1987- New Berkeley Water Tower Erected

July 4th,1988 – 1st Annual Kiddie Bicycle Parade hosted by Polly Kody

August 1988 Berkeley Boy Scout Troop #73 Celebrates 50th Anniversary

1993-2013 Mayor Esposito

1993 Last sale of American Legion $2 Beer Buttons at the Village Picnic

1994 – 911 Emergency Phone Service Starts in Berkeley 9-11-94

1997 – Internet / Email Comes to Berkeley Village Hall

1999 Berkeley Celebrates 75 yrs

Sept 11, 2001 The Day the World Changed Forever

2005 Proviso Math and Science Academy Opened

2013-current Mayor Lee

2013 Village Hall Expansion

Sept 2014 Paramedic Service begins at Berkeley Fire Dept

June 2014 Berkeley Community Garden Club Begins Service to the Community

1960 – 2016  6 O’Clock Whistle

2017 McDermott Drive Rededicated

1954-2020 Berkeley Youth Baseball

2020 Berkeley Awarded an A+ for Diversity by Nich.com

June 2020 Peaceful BLM Protest and March

June 2020- Final Call for Berkeley Fire Dept Paid on Call Fire Personnel

2019-2023 – District 87 Sunnyside and MacArthur School Rebuilds

December 2023 Private First Class Harry Jerele World War II POW Positively Identified. Returned Home to be Laid to Rest October 2024

2024 From Roses to Centennial, The History of Berkeley by Timothy Griffin is Published

May 18, 2024 1974 Time Capsule Opening

May 20, 2024 – The Village of Berkeley is 100 years old, Happy Birthday Berkeley!